A judge has granted a request from WikiLeaks' most famous informant, the soldier formerly known as Bradley Edward Manning, to have her name formally changed to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning. The Leavenworth County District Judge David King allowed the na...

WikiLeaks' most famous whistleblower, the army private formerly known as Bradley Manning, has taken the first step toward officially becoming recognized as a female. Manning requested a Kansas court to change her name to Chelsea and will also request...

Next week, students, faculty and members of the public will gather in a room at Brown University. They will sit down, open their laptops—enjoy some light snacks and drinks—and then, for five and a half hours, edit Wikipedia. Specifically, they’ll be ...

The attorney for Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning (formerly known as Bradley Manning) said Thursday that his client wants to undergo sexual reassignment therapy to live as a woman while serving her 35-year sentence for leaking classified documents about U.S...

A thirteen-year-old girl from Garfield, N.J., has made the world a better place for young chefs by persuading a giant toy company to reinvent the iconic Easy-Bake Oven toy. Hasbro will unveil black, silver and blue models in 2013, broadening its clas...

IKEA made women disappear from its furniture catalog in Saudi Arabia. Looking at the Swedish and the Saudi versions of the catalog, the Swedish free newspaper Metro noticed that IKEA photoshopped women out of identical pictures showcasing its furnitu...

ASUS debuted its new Transformer AIO at Computex 2012 in Taiwan and promoted it on Twitter in a tweet that has now received a good deal of backlash from followers. The tweet, sent at 5:36 a.m. ET, was viewed as sexist by many followers of the @ASUS a...

Just in time to participate in Blog Action Day, Change.org is launching a blog network built around social issues, offering readers a variety of posts on topics centered around current issues and calls to action. Each "Cause" section is staffed by a ...

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